Power Ranking: August 14th

Power Rankings: August 14

1)   Atlanta Braves

2)   Detroit Tigers

3)   Boston Red Sox

4)   LA Dodgers

5)   Pittsburg Pirates

6)   St. Louis Cardinals

7)   Cincinnati Reds

8)   Texas Rangers

9)   Oakland Athletics

10)         Cleveland Indians

It’s been a crazy few weeks for so many teams, if I had mad this list 3-4 days ago Cleveland would he higher.  The Royals just missed this list and are a serious threat to make the playoffs now.  The Braves and Tigers have been amazing; pitching, batting and fielding have all been very good in the recent stretch for both teams.  The Dodgers have moved to being the hottest team in the NL and I’m buying this team to make the playoffs and finish one of the best teams in baseball.  Pirates and Cards have been having it rough lately so they have to move down a few spots, though the Pirates are now higher than the Cards.  Texas has been capitalizing on the A’s having a rough stretch but I’m not counting them out.

Bottom 5

            26) Chicago White Sox

            27) Milwaukee Brewers

            28) San Diego Padres

            29) Miami Marlins

            30) Houston Astros

At this point the teams here have become staples of the bottom 5 though we do get to add the abysmal offense of the Padres.  In the last 4 days they own a RISP of .058 that is just impressively bad.  The Sox and Brewers aren’t going to rock the world but at this point they are what they are.  Marlins and Astros are bad teams and are working towards the bright future they hope comes around.